Clarifying the influence of management support in creating entrepreneurial orientation

• Main Author: Baskaran, Shathees
• Format: Article
• Published: International Journal Corner 2017
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84485/; http://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijbm/article/viewFile/123396/84562

The study was undertaken with an aim to examine the influence of management support in creating entrepreneurial orientation among employees. The study adopted a quantitative approach by using web based online survey to collect data. The population was estimated to be 300 and response rate of 70.4 per cent was achieved. Three hypotheses were formulated testing entrepreneurial orientation dimensions. The data was analyzed with simple multiple regression using SPSS. The result indicated that management support tends to create innovativeness and also pro-activeness among employees, however failed to provide evidence for positive association between management support and risk taking propensity among employees.